1.Full name of the researcher: Nguyen Thi Thu Dung
2.Sex: Female
3.Date of birth: 29/08/1982
4.Place of birth: Thanh Hoa
5.Decision to recognize graduate studentsNo. 3076/QD-SDH dated December 28, 2009.
6.Changes in training: Decision sent to the working agency No. 692/QD-XHNV dated March 9, 2016.
7.Thesis title: The Art of Satire in the Novels of William Thackeray (official title of dissertation proposed for state defense)
8.Specialized: English Literature
9.Code: 62 22 30 10
10.Scientific instructor: Prof. Dr. Le Huy Bac
11.Summary of new results of the thesis:
- The thesis has synthesized and introduced a number of research concepts on the art of satire, which is the theoretical foundation to illuminate William Thackeray's novels, to see the philosophical stature, the laughter with philosophical meaning that the writer inherited and promoted the tradition of satirical humor of 18th century English literature. His satirical laughter is not influenced by popular folk laughter, but has the characteristics of intellectual, academic, and erudite authority, so that laughter is witty, humorous, subtle, humorous, profound and profound.
- Thackeray's satirical art is not simply a formal technique, but it becomes the writer's dominant artistic thinking, strongly influencing the way of creating novels, creating a unique satirical color as well as a separate way of reflecting reality in the novel. Comparison with contemporary realist writers highlights the difference in Thackeray: a writer of satirical realism.
- The writer's technical innovation in the novel gives his novels a modern look and a profound democratic spirit. Thackeray creates a game in the novel, to create an environment for communication, sharing, and dialogue between the author and the reader. He performs a game of genre, mixing many genres and many types of artistic thinking together and creating a narrator who dialogues with the reader. It breaks the monopoly of the narrator, eliminates the monotony of tone and point of view in the work, and creates democracy in the way of dialogue with the reader. The writer gives the reader his own point of view, arouses their intelligence, critical thinking, and develops their understanding.
- Through satire, Thackeray also expressed a spirit of de-mystification towards the Victorian era, which required people to be strict in its framework. He broke the belief in the social psychological moral standards and aesthetic tastes of Victorian readers, changing the old values of belief and morality in the heart of Victorian society, a society that people naturally assumed and firmly believed had shaped the standard values for people.
12.Practical applicability:
The results of the thesis can be used as materials for teaching research on English literature and the novels of the 19th century writer William Thackeray at universities or for compiling textbooks on the art of satire in English literature.
13.Further research directions:
- Build a theory on the art of humor, satire and application, compare the art of satire in world literature.
- Research on the inheritance and development of the art of humor and satire in English literature, shaping the unique humor value of the British.
14.Published works related to the thesis:
INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS
1.Full name: Nguyen Thi Thu Dung
2.Sex: Female
3.Date of birth: August 29th, 1982
4.Place of birth: Thanh Hoa
5.Admission decision number: Decision No. 3076 / QD-SDH, dated December 28th, 2009 of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU
6.Changes in academic process:
7.Official thesis title: The satirical art in William Thackeray's novels
8.Major: English literature
9.Code: 62 22 30 10
10.Supervisors: Prof.Dr. Le Huy Bac (Hanoi National University of Education)
11.Summary of the new findings of the thesis:
- The thesis synthesizes some of the concepts and researches on satirical art, as the theoretical for research on William Thackeray's novels, to see philosophical stance and sense of humor inherited and developed from the satirical tradition of British literature in the 18th century.
- Research from different angles: combining the satirical from many kinds of fiction, character, story teller and digression, thesis indicates that Thackeray's satirical art is not only simple as external form, but also became the dominant artistic thinking of the writer, strongly influenced by the way the novel was organized, and creating the unique color of the satirical art as well as the particularistic color of the novel.
- From the perspective of the document, the thesis also finds out technical innovation in Thackeray's novels, which creates a modern look and a deep democratic spirit. It breaks the uniqueness of a storyteller, eliminating monotony of tone as well as point of view in the writings. The Democracy is demonstrated in dialogue with readers, in which he gives readers their own points of view, arouses their intellectual and critical thinking as well as develops their understanding.
- Through the art of satire, we learn that Thackeray had expressed a spirit of desecration for the Victorian era, requiring the consistency with its framework while all the writers at that time tried to paint and race to express the same spirit, the same face. Thackeray was different, he did not writer novel in a serious sense but he saw it as a game of structure, a joke of humour, a characters like puppets of the play, play their role and get right inside character on the stage of life, he understood that the writer is not a man with a thousand years eyes, but so small, limited, that why their story is dazzlingly twisted as the unfolds reality. There would not be a definite ending or completeness for him.
- His realistic novels have different colors, not merely depicting the outward, but also still there is a chaos of an individual thingking, an experienced narrator. That is the view of a realistic novelist and a sense of an artist who craves for beauty, innovation and creativity in the arts.
- Conversation is also a prominent feature in his sarcastic tone. It represents openness, sincerity, democracy and equality of novel innovative thinking Thackeray with understanding and sensitivity of a great novelist, has made an ongoing effort to explore a new expression, a new path within the circuit voice narrative. Readers can realize his own charming storytelling and unique attractions
12.Practical applicability:
The results of the thesis can be used as a material for the teaching of English literature and the novel of William Thackeray in the nineteenth century in Universities or the compilation of textbooks on satirical art in English literature.
13.Further research directions:
- Building theories of humor, satire and application, comparing satirical art in world literature.
- Research on the inheritance and development of the art of humor, satire in English literature, shaping the unique humorous value of the British's culture.
14.Thesis-related publications: ........................ ................................................................................
1.Nguyen Thi Thu Dung, (2009), “The "non-omniscience Narrator" inVanity Fairby William Thackeray”,Journal of Scienceof Hanoi National University of Education (2),ISSN 0868-3719, p.110-116.
2. Nguyen Thi Thu Dung,(2010), “Digression inVanity Fairof William Thackeray”; Journal of Scienceof Hanoi National University of Education (5), ISSN 0868-3719, p.33-41.
3. Nguyen Thi Thu Dung,(2017), "Irony - The Unique artistic Thinking of W. Thackeray",Journal of Scienceof Hanoi University of Education(62), pp. 36-43.
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